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In nine pages the contemporary world is related to the Discourse and Meditations of Rene Descartes. Four sources are cited in the...

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...